[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING.

AND WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS

FOX THEATER IN DOWNTOWN

DETROIT.

THE SITE OF THE 11TH

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL

DEBATE OF THE 20 16

CAMPAIGN.

I'M MEGYN KELLY, ALONG WITH

MY CO-MODERATORS BRET BAIER

AND CHRIS WALLACE.

>> 59 REPUBLICAN DELEGATES

ARE AT STAKE HERE IN THE

STATE OF MICHIGAN DURING

NEXT TUESDAY'S REPUBLICAN

PRIMARY.

THE BIGGEST PRIZE OUT OF

FOUR STATES HOLDING CONTESTS

THAT DAY.

FOR TONIGHT'S DEBATE WE ARE

PARTNERING WITH FACEBOOK.

THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS

ELECTION HAS BEEN INTENSE,

AS THE CROWD IS HERE.

[CHANTING]

>> JANUARY 1st, 53 MILLION

PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAD BEEN

TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION

ON FACEBOOK.

>> TONIGHT, THERE ARE JUST

FOUR CANDIDATES ON THE

STAGE.

THEIR POSITION HAS BEEN

DETERMINED BY THEIR STANDING

IN AN AVERAGE OF THE FIVE

MOST RECENT NATIONAL POLLS

AS RECOGNIZED BY FOX NEWS

AND CONDUCTED AND RELEASED

BY MARCH 1st.

HERE THEY ARE.

BUSINESSMAN DONALD TRUMP.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO

RUBIO.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> AND OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN

KASICH.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> TONIGHT'S RULES ARE

SIMPLE.

UPMg TO 60 SECONDS FOR EACH

ANSWER.

30 SECONDS FOR EACH

FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE.

AND IF A CANDIDATE GOES OVER

THE ALLOTTED TIME, YOU WILL

HEAR THIS.

[BELL]

>> SO PLEASANT.

>> WE HAVE A BIG CROWD HERE.

AND WHILE WE EXPECT THE

AUDIENCE TO BE ENTHUSIASTIC

AND RESPONSIVE AT TIMES.

AND THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN.

WE ALSO EXPECT THEM TO IT BE

RESPECTFUL AND WE WANT THE

CANDIDATES TO GET THEIR FULL

TIME SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A

LIBRARY AND A RED WING'S

GAME.

AM I RIGHT?

[CHEERS]

>> LET'S GET STARTED.

>> MR. TRUMP, AS YOU MAY

HAVE HEARD, THE 2012

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR

PRESIDENT MITT ROMNEY HAD

SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU

TODAY.

[CROWD BOOS]

HE SAID YOUR DOMESTIC POLICY

WILL LEAD TO RECESSION.

HE SAID YOUR FOREIGN POLICY

WILL MAKE US LESS SAFE, AND

THEN HE LISTED WHAT HE SAID

ARE YOUR PERSONAL QUALITIES,

QUOTING NOW ROMNEY ON TRUMP,

QUOTE: THE BULLYING, THE

GREED, THE SHOWINGÑO OFF, THE

IS I SAGE MISOGYNY, THE 3RD

GRADE TACTICS.

HE CHALLENGED YOU TO ANSWER

WITH SUBSTANCE, NOT INSULTS.

HOW DO YOU ANSWER MITT

ROMNEY, SIR?

>> WELL, LOOK, HE WAS A

FAILED CANDIDATE.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEATEN

PRESIDENT OBAMA VERY EASY.

HE FAILED MISERABLY, AND IT

WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO

EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY.

HE WENT AWAY -- IT LOOKED

LIKE HE WENT AWAY ON

VACATION THE LAST MONTH.

SO I DON'T TAKE THAT.

AND I GUESS OBVIOUSLY HE

WANTS TO BE RELEVANT.

HE WANTS TO BE BACK IN THE

GAME.

AS FAR AS DOMESTIC POLICY

AND TRADE, WHICH IS KILLING

OUR COUNTRY, HE SAID FREE

TRADE.

AND I BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE,

ALSO.

IF YOU LOOK AT CHINA AND

LOOK AT JAPAN AND MEXICO,

BOTH AT THE BORDER BY THE

WAY WHERE THEY ARE KILLING

US, BOTH AT THE BORDER AND

WITH TRADE, AND EVERY OTHER

COUNTRY WE DO BUSINESS WITH

WE ARE GETTING ABSOLUTELY

CRUSHED ON TRADE.

AND HE SAID FREE TRADE, I

SAY FREE TRADE, GREAT, BUT

NOT WHEN THEY ARE BEATING US

SOCc BADLY.

WITH CHINA WE ARE GOING TO

LOSE $505 BILLION IN TERMS

OF TRADES.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT.

MEXICO, $58 BILLION.

JAPAN, PROBABLY ABOUT --

THEY DON'T KNOW IT YET ABOUT

$109 BILLION.

EVERY COUNTRY WE LOSE MONEY

WITH.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE

HAVE GOT TO REDUCE, WE HAVE

TO REDO OUR TRADE DEALS

100 PERCENT.

I HAVE THE GREATEST PEOPLE

IN THE WORLD LINED UP TO DO

IT.

[BELL]

>> WE WILL WILL GREAT TRADE

DEALS.

>> MR. TRUMP, ROMNEY ALSO

TALKED ABOUT YOUR POSITION

ON RACE AND THE CONTROVERSY

OVER YOUR FAILURE TO

DENOUNCE DAVID DUKE ON

SUNDAY.

YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY

DISAVOWED HIM SINCE THEN.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO

DEEPER THAN THAT WHAT ARE

YOUR VIEWS ON THE KU KLUX

KLAN AND WHITE SUPREMACIST?

>> I TOTALLY DISAVOW THE KU

KLUX KLAN.

I TOTALLY DISAVOW DAVID

DUKE.

I HAVE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR

TWO WEEKS.

YOU ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THE

18TH PERSON THAT'S ASKED ME

THE QUESTION.

IT WAS VERY CLEAR.

THAT QUESTION WAS ALSO

TALKED ABOUT IN THE FORM OF

GROUPS.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH

GROUPS ARE YOU TALKING

ABOUT?

YOU HAVE TO TELLru ME WHICH

GROUPS.

ULTIMATELY HE GOT TO THE KU

KLUX KLAN WHICH OBVIOUSLY

I'M GOING TO DISAVOW.

BY THE WAY IF YOU LOOK AT

TWITTER ACCOUNT ALMOST

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE

PROGRAM THEY WERE DISAVOWED

AGAIN.

IT'S AMAZING WHEN I DO

SOMETHING ON TWITTER

EVERYBODY PICKS IT UP, GOES

ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WHEN I DID THIS ONE, NOBODY

EVER PICKS IT UP.

TAKE LOOK AT MY TWITTER

ACCOUNT.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SENATOR RUBIO, THREE

WEEKS AGO YOU SAID, QU7 L

I DON'T DO THE PERSONAL

ATTACKS.

PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S NOT

WHO I AM.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BENEATH

THE OFFICE THAT I'M SEEKING

BUT ALSO BECAUSE I DON'T

WANT TO EMBARRASS MY KIDS.

BUT IN THE PAST WEEK YOU'VE

MOCKED MR. TRUMP'S TAN.

YOU'VE MADE FUN OF HIS

SPELLING.

YOU CALLED HIM A CON ARTIST.

YOU SUGGESTED HE WET HIMSELF

BACK STAGE AT THE LAST

DEBATE ALONG WITH OTHER

VULGAR JOLTS AND;p JABS SO

WHAT HAPPENS?

>> LET ME SAY SOMETHING THIS

CAMPAIGN FOR THE LAST YEAR

DONALD TRUMP HAS MOCKED

EVERYBODY WITH PERSONAL

ATTACKS.

HE HAS DONE SO TO PEOPLE

SITTING ON THE STAGE TODAY.

HE HAS DONE SO WITH PEOPLE

DISABLED.

HE HAS DONE IT WITH EVERY

CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE.

IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY

CANDIDATE DESERVED TO BE

ATTACKED THAT WAY IT'S

DONALD TRUMP FOR THE WAY HE

HAS TREATED PEOPLE IN THE

CAMPAIGN.

WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD MUCH

PREFER TO HAVE A POLICY

DEBATE.

I HOPE THAT'S WHAT WE WILL

HAVE HERE TONIGHT.

LET'S HAVE A POLICY DEBATE.

>> WE WILL.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT DONALD

TRUMP'S TRAGEDY AND MY

STRATEGY AND JOHN KASICH'S

STRATEGY WHEN IT COMES TO

ISIS AND HEALTHCARE AND THE

IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THIS

COUNTRY.

LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THESE

THIS TOO.

THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN PERSONAL

ATTACKS DONALD TRUMP HAS

MADE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF

COVERAGE.

LET'S START TALKING ABOUT

THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO

THIS COUNTRY.

I'M WILLING TO DO THIS RIGHT

HERE RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

MR. TRUMP, YOUR RESPONSE?

>> WELL, I ALSO HAPPEN TO

CALL HIM A LIGHT WEIGHT,

OKAY.

AND I HAVE SAID THAT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT

BACK.

HE IS REALLY NOT THAT MUCH

OF A LIGHT WEIGHT.

AND AS FAR AS -- AND I HAVE

TOh

TOÃSAY THIS, I HAVE TO SAY

THIS.

HE HIT MY HANDS.

NOBODY HAS EVER HIT MY

HANDS.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS.

LOOK AT THOSE HANDS.

ARE THEY SMALL HANDS?

[ LAUGHTER ]

AND HE REFERRED TO MY HANDS

IF THEY ARE SMALL, SOMETHING

ELSE MUST BE SMALL.

I GUARANTEE YOU THERE IS NO

PROBLEM.

I GUARANTEE YOU.

>> OKAY.

MOVING ON.

>> OKAY, SENATOR CRUZ, YOU

SAY THAT YOU ARE THE TRUE

CONSERVATIVE IN THIS RACE.

BUT 15 STATES HAVE VOTED

NOW, AND YOU HAVE WON ONLY

FOUR OF THEM.

YOU HAVE LOST REPEATEDLY

WITH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE

YOUR CORE VOTER GROUPS

INCLUDING EVANGELICALS AND

CONSERVATIVES.

HASN'T YOUR BRAND OF

CONSERVATISM BEEN REJECTED

BY AN ELECTORATE THAT

APPEARS TO BE MORE TAKEN

WITH MR. TRUMP'S POPULIST

MESSAGE?

>> WELL, MEGYN, YOU KNOW AT

THE END OF THE DAY FOR THE

FOLKS AT HOME, THIS IS NOT

ABOUT THE INSULTS BACK AND

FORTH BETWEEN THE

CANDIDATES.

ATTACKS WE CAN THROW AT EACH

OTHER.